Battery filler



May 10, 1927. J. TAYLOR BATTERY FILLER Filed Dec. 19, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l @n/Ww ATTORN EY 1,628,564 May lo 1927' J. TAYLOR BATTERY'FILLER Filed Deo, 19. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mvgmon Al IORNEY Patented May 10, 1927.

JOHN TAYLOR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BATTERY FILLER.

Application led December 19, 1925. Serial No. 76,582.

This invention relates to what I term a battery 'filler to be used in supplying distilled water to storage batteries.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a container and a supporting and carrying frame therefor so related that the frame will support the container inl an upright position, a flexible tube being connected to the lower end of the container for a4 supplying distilled water therefrom to the cells of a storage battery. A further object is to lprovide means whereby the container can be quickly and easil relled without removing the same from t e supporting frame. Another object is to provide a device of this character of simple and durable construction, which can be readily produced at small cost. Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawin t `Fig. 1 is an e evation of the battery filler partly broken away.

Fig. 2 is a section taken substantially on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken substantially on line 3--3v of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a. section through the lower portion of the container and the cap therefor, parts being shown in elevation.

Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view of one of the connecting strips of the supporting frame. Fig. 6 is an elevation of a modified form of supporting frame.

Fig. 7 is a section taken substantially on line -7-7 of Fig. 6.

The filler includes a supporting frame 1 which is provided at its upper end with a ring 2 having its end portions bent outward- 40 1y to provide tabs 3 said tabs having aligned.

openings which receive a securing screw 4 upon which is threaded a. nut ,5. Ring 2 is connected by supporting strips 3 to a similar ring 6, these rings being riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the, strips. Rings 2 and 6 are secured ti htly about a glass bottle or container 7 y means of screws 4 and nuts 5 so as to secure the container in inverted ition within the supporting frame 1. T is container is rovided,

'at its `lower end, with a reduce neck 8,

which is exteriorly ythreaded to receive a closure cap 9 threaded thereon. This cap is provided with aliilling opening 10 which Each 'strip 3 is provided at its upper end l with an oit-set ear 16 having an opening forv reception of eye 17 at the end of a bail 18 provided with a suitable handle 19. In

this manner the container 7 is tightly secured in the supporting structure 1 and the 'device as a whole may be readily. transported and, when s et upon a supporting surface, will be supported in vertical position so as to permit ready discharge of the contents of the container.

lap9 is provided with a radially projecting elem/ent 20 which is suitably bored and threaded .to receive the threaded inner end portion of a nipple 21 adapted for reception of a flexible tube 22., A relatively wlde packing asket 23 is coniined between a shoulder 24 orm'ed within cap 9 and the lower end of neck 8 of the container. An inlet tube 25 is secured through cap 9 and extends upwardly within the container to within a short distance of ther upper end thereof.' Thistube acts as a vent to rmit air to flow into the upper portion o the container above thc water thus obtaining a uniform flow or discharge of water fromtl'ie container through tube 22 and avoiding splashingwhich is objectionable in filling the cells of storage batteries. When the container 7 has been emptied and it is desired to refill the same,`the supporting frame 1, together ,with the container, is turned into inverted position so as to be supported upon What is normally the `upper ring 2. In this connection it should be noted that ears 16 are positioned below the upper edge of ring 2 so that these ears and the bail 18 do not in any way rinterfere with supporting of Y 'the frame 1 and associated parts by ring 2.

`neck 8 of the container directed upwardly,

structure and con- After the support' 1gced in position with tainer 7 have been' Aplug 11 is removed and a suitable qtiliantityj of distilled Water is Apoured into t -tainer throughopenin 10, after which thef plug is -replaced and t e container and the supportingzzframe are turned into their normal. operative positions. Topreventdischarge of water rorn the container through tube 22 when vthe device is not in use, I providea suitable sprin clip 26 positioned adjacent the upper end o one of the strips 3.

This cli receives the upperportion of tube 22 whic extends abovethe upper end of Acontainer 7, and consequently above the water level within the container so as to prevent flow of water from the tube. Preferabl though not necessarily, I provide a v suita le nozzle 27 inserted in the outer end cells thereof. In using the device it is dp on a suitable supportingsurface j ..derstood.

of 'the ltube,- this nozzle being adapted for- 22 into the'battery cells. The How of water through the tub^e 22 readily controlled by pressin Atheftube together, as will be unf or convenience -a spring clip 28 similar to but'larger than clip 26 is carried4 by the otherstripB' and-is adapted for re- .fception of a suitable hydrometer, as indigated, the'hydromet'er being thus supported -v l m position so as to be readily accessible for the electrolyte of the battery.

T In igure 6 I have illustrated a modified form of; supporting provide an upper dtherffsuitable manner. The rings andthe strips 30 are alll formed integrally vby cuttin or stampi e amping ring 29 which is connected by su portin strips 30 to a lower -rin 31, the en of w ch are overlapped secured together by rivets 32 or in any 29 and 31 from a piece of sheet metal. his form o sup ortmg frame is,

'i in some respects, prefera le to the formj in Figures 1 to.5'in that the lower supporting rino' 31 is integrally con nected to fthe stripf() at right 'angles thereto so that,. in assembling the -device therejis iio diiliculty encountered in positioning thislower supporting ring relative 4to the su 'rting strips. The u'pper` ring Pggd with terminal ears 33'having 29 is' provi f f olmngs or, reception o a screw l34 uponw ch is secured a nut 35. The up5 per ring 29 is furtherprovided with two YOpenings diametrically oppositeV frame. In this form I d fiumi -for t readed engagement with the each other for reception of terminal eleporting frame the container is secure y `clamped by ring 29 and extends a short distance above this ring.

What I claim is: Y 1. In a battery filler, asu porting frame, a container secured in said rame, a closure ca secured on the lower end of the container and provided with an outlet member, a iixible tube secured on said outlet meinber, the cap being provided with a illin opening to one side and independent of sai outlet member,l and a removable closure plu secured in said opening and effecting a flui tight closure thereof.

2. In a battery filler, a supporting frame including an upper splitclamping ring and a lower supporting ring, stripsconnecting saidl rings,'a container extending through .the clamping ring, means for contracting the clamping ring about the container for securing the same on the supporting frame, a closure cap removably secured on the lower end of the container, the supporting ring extending downwardly beyond said cap, the cap being rovided with a outlet member, an air in et tube 'secur through the cap and extending upwardly erefrom into the container, the rca being provided with a illing'opening, an a closure lu removably secured in said openin and) eecting a fluid' tight closure therewit 3. A battery filler comprising a bottle' having illing and dispensing openings therein, a reversible sup ortingf-f'rame. comprisin a pair of spaced) rings, one of said ringsling attached to the lower end of said bottle vand projecting therebeyond whereby the bottle may be supported in filling position and the other of said rings projectin -beyond tlie upper end of the bot. tle where y the latter may be supported in i ens' ition.

S4? Aulltesy filler comprising a bottle having an opening at one end thereof, a frame for supporting said bottle in either or dispensing positions, a ca adapted ttle and clos'ng the openingithereof, a portion of sai cap projecting beyond the bottle, a dispensing tube leading from one side of the supported wi said frame su portin mfean's on ,the opposed ends of, sai g w frame, and -means on t e container operable with arrangement of said' frame in one position portable batteryiille'r comprising an invertib e suppiolil'ting frame, a containerl cap and communicating within the project-V to permit filling of the container and with inverting of the frame, to permit of dispensing of the container contents.

6. A portable battery filler comprising an invertible supportin frame, a container supported Within said frame, the op osed ends of said frame projecting beyon the container for providing supporting means therefor and means on the container operable with arrangement of said frame upon one end thereof to permit filling of the container and with inverting of the frame upon its opposite end, to permit of dispensing of the container contents.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

JOHN TAYLOR.' 

